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George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
Age: 94 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 26
Died: 1950
Died: November 2
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A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.
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I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.
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We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.
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Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness it brings degradation.
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The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
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Imprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims.
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Without danger I cannot be great. That is how I pay for Abel's blood. Danger and fear follow my steps everywhere. Without them courage would have no sense. And it is courage, courage, courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.
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Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.
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Youth, what a pity to waste it on the young.
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What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.
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Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
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Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
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A critic is one who leaves no turn unstoned.
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We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.
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The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man and the result is that he instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.
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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
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Your father is a fool skin deep but you are a fool to your very marrow.
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Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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